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Monro, Tanya Mary

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Optical physicist and Science administrator

Summary

Tanya Monro is a physicist widely recognised for her expertise in photonics. Her research focuses on sensing, lasers and new classes of optical fibres, including Super Dots technology, and is aimed at encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration. In 2005 Monro was appointed as the inaugural Professor of Photonics at the University of Adelaide where she led where she led several research groups in photonics. From 2014 to 2019 she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation at the University of South Australia before becoming Australia's Chief Defence Scientist.

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1985
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1998
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1998 - 2044
Career position - Physicist, Optoelectrics Research Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2000 - 2004
Career position - Royal Society Research Fellowship, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2005
Career position - Director, DSTO Centre of Expertise in Photonics, University of Adelaide
2005 - 2014
Career position - Inaugural Professor of Photonics, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide
2008
Award - Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, Commonwealth of Australia
2008 - 2013
Award - ARC Federation Fellow, University of Adelaide
2008 - 2014
Career position - Inaugural Director, Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide
2009
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2010
Award - South Australian Scientist of the Year
2011
Award - South Australian, Australian of the Year
2011
Award - Telstra Business Woman of the Year
2012
Award - Nova Systems Community Achievement Award, South Australia
2012
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2012
Award - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science
2013 - 2018
Award - ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow, University of South Australia
2014 -
Career position - Member South Australian Economic Development Board
2014
Award - W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society
2014
Career position - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics
November 2014 - 2019
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, University of South Australia
2015 -
Career position - Member of the Board, Sansom Institute for Health Research, Uinversity of Adelaide
2015
Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America
2015
Award - UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
2016 - 2021
Career position - Member of the Board, CSIRO
March 2019 -
Career position - Chief Defence Scientist, Australian Department of Defence Science and Technology
2022
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to scientific and technological development, to research and innovation, to tertiary education, particularly in the field of photonics, and to professional organisations
2024 -
Award - International Member, United States National Academy of Engineering

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